Hello, just posting quickly while Alex sleeps, DS plays outside and my Mum sweeps my stairs for me. She has been a star, cooking, shopping, doing laundry and playing with DS. I am panicking at how I will cope with the baby and DS when she goes.
Alex is fine, has put on loads of weight, so much that the nurse I saw yesterday at my BFing appointment double-checked, and is sleeping for 4-5hr stretches at night despite a nasty cold given to him by his loving but germ-laden big brother. He has screaming jags around 9-12pm, but is basically fairly easy.
Update on the professional saga: DH's boss called him into his office on Monday night and spent 2 hours explaining that, while he is neither the type to change his mind nor unstable, he has changed his mind about sacking DH, because he has been so impressed with DH's dignity over the last weeks and feels he is "a good man". DH suspects he's realising how much cash he'll lose. DH is relieved that he will not be out of a job as of June 11th, but is still seeking work elsewhere, as he doesn't want to work with an unstable lunatic who sacks people for no reason and then changes his mind.
I have, however, found a CM for Alex, which is rather heartbreaking as I wanted to take leave and look after him till he was 9 mths old, and am now going to have him looked after when he's 4 mths, but is also a relief as I have got him a place with a lovely lady. Now to find a home to rent for us all for the next year or so...
On a more childbirth related topic, I had really bad cramps yesterday, like very bad period pains, and bled quite a lot. Today I feel better, but have been passing small clot-type things. Is this normal?
With DS1, about 2 wks after the birth I was having a cuppa with a mate, stood up to get something, and found that a goodly portiong of leftover placenta had gushed all over me, the chair and the floor. This time the MW showed me the placenta and seemed sure it was whole, but I'd rather avoid a rerun of that.